ripened
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Maintaining storage temperatures near 12°C may allow mangoes to be harvested earlier, transported over longer distances, and ripened closer to their final markets while minimizing spoilage and quality loss.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2026
At 72, Uncle Thing wakes up at dawn every day and weaves around his hilly farm to collect ripened durians, either dangling from trees or nestling on nets close to the ground.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
“The way the fruit ripened, I was thankful. But it was just too much,” Cirone said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
She was supposed to reap the fruits of her labor, but instead, it was worry that ripened.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
That plus her alien’s compassion for troubled people ripened her and—the consequence of the knowledge she had made up or acquired—kept her just barely within the boundaries of the elaborately socialized world of black people.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
